McPherson County, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of McPherson County, Kansas, shaded from 1,270 ft on the northeast side to 1,700 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,700 ft 520 m1,590 ft 485 m1,540 ft 470 m1,430 ft 435 m1,320 ft 405 m1,270 ft 385 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

McPherson County averages about 1,490 ft (455 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,270 ft on the northeast side to 1,700 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
1,490 ft 455 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,700 ft 520 m
on the west side
Lowest
1,270 ft 385 m
on the northeast side

McPherson County spans about 430 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land1,490 ft455 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
1,700 ft520 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,270 ft385 m

Elevation profile, south to north

30 mi south to north through McPherson.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of McPherson County, Kansas, shaded from 1,270 ft on the northeast side to 1,700 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Kansas, United States
Population
30,334 2024 est.
Land area
898.3 sq mi + 2.3 sq mi water
Density
34 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform regions
Central Lowland 71%, Great Plains 29%
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Rice County1,690 ft
  2. Ellsworth County1,670 ft
  3. Reno County1,600 ft
  4. McPherson County1,490 ft
  5. Harvey County1,440 ft
  6. Marion County1,430 ft
  7. Saline County1,320 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Kansas54th highest of 104
  • Counties in the United States862nd highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Twin Mounds, McPherson County1,530 ft
All 35 towns in McPherson County by typical elevation
  1. Windom1,650 ft
  2. Castle Township1,640 ft
  3. Canton1,590 ft
  4. Canton Township1,590 ft
  5. Hayes Township, McPherson County1,560 ft
  6. Delmore Township1,550 ft
  7. Galva1,550 ft
  8. Empire Township1,550 ft
  9. Spring Valley Township, McPherson County1,540 ft
  10. South Sharps Creek Township1,540 ft
  11. Little Valley Township1,530 ft
  12. Groveland Township1,520 ft
  13. Inman1,520 ft
  14. Lone Tree Township1,520 ft
  15. Superior Township1,520 ft
  16. New Gottland Township1,510 ft
  17. Meridian Township1,510 ft
  18. McPherson Township1,500 ft
  19. Jackson Township, McPherson County1,500 ft
  20. Battle Hill Township1,490 ft
  21. McPherson1,490 ft
  22. Harper Township1,490 ft
  23. Elyria1,480 ft
  24. Moundridge1,480 ft
  25. Mound Township1,480 ft
  26. King City Township1,480 ft
  27. Turkey Creek Township1,460 ft
  28. Bonaville Township1,440 ft
  29. Union Township, McPherson County1,390 ft
  30. Marquette Township1,390 ft
  31. Marquette1,390 ft
  32. Gypsum Creek Township1,350 ft
  33. Roxbury1,350 ft
  34. Smoky Hill Township, McPherson County1,330 ft
  35. Lindsborg1,330 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.